A children’s clothing line is now in trouble after their T-shirt shows a monkey’s body with the face of an African-American boy. The company ‘Just Add A Kid’ is saying it’s just a misunderstanding. Read more on the story below!
The T-shirt features a monkey’s body with a cardboard cutout of an African-American boy’s face. The photo that was uploaded online caused a quick response from the company, Just Add A Kid, which says it’s “a total misunderstanding.” Company co-creator Lowell Cohen, says “We are looking into all the situations that occurred around this little incident…We’re looking at the vendor, we’re speaking to our employees.” Cohen didn’t say which vender the photo was taken at. The T-shirts featured cartoon character bodies such as cowboys, angels, surfers, princesses, animals and job occupations.
“The head shots on our hangers are intended (to) reflect the different cultures of our happy customers, and are distributed separately to our shirts,” the company said in the statement. “In this particular case, one of our retailers paired a particular hanger with a shirt without consideration for how it may appear to many consumers. We are taking steps to prevent this from happening again…Our designs feature multicultural skin tones and appropriately matching header cards (to) showcase children of the world.” Another statement by the company says the paring of the monkey with the young African-American boys face was “not authorized, condoned or tolerated” by the company.
